Ubisoft Wants to Mend Ways With PC Gamers

The publisher believes adding third-party games to its Uplay service is their way to extend a friendly to the vexed PC community.

By Mufaddal Fakhruddin

Very few companies ignite the scorn of PC gamers the way Ubisoft does. After blunders with their always-on DRM, and dangerous security loop holes associated with its games download service, Uplay, many have turned away from buying Ubisoft games on the PC. However, the company is looking to mend bridges with the PC community and it believes that adding third-party games to its online store is the first step towards achieving that.

“Announcing all these partners for Uplay and a wider choice of PC games, it shows our commitment to PC, and we want to improve our relationship with the PC community,” said Uplay director Stephanie Perotti to MCV.

“We are always seeking to improve. We took a lot of that feedback on board. With every game on PC we are improving.Far Cry 3 and Assassin’s Creed III on PC were very high quality."

Uplay now offers games from Electronic Arts, Warner Bros., TellTale Games, Robot Entertainment, Bohemia Interactive, and many others. But will these additions attract gamers to try, and ultimately, stay with the Uplay service? Well, that remains to be seen - although any service will certainly have a hard time competing with Steam.

What do you think? As a PC gamer, would you want to try Uplay now that it has ditched its horrible DRM practises and has more to offer? Let us know in the comments below!